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Forum will be down for a period next week
« on: January 12, 2012, 04:35:19 PM »
Folks,

Next week ( most likely Tuesday and Wednesday) the forum will most likely be offline.  In an effort to rectify the technical issues that have annoying everyone these last couple of week we will doing some technical changes.

I will give everyone a heads up before it happens.

regards,

Greg
« Last Edit: January 13, 2012, 04:36:54 AM by GTX_Admin »
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2012, 04:26:19 AM »
Aarghh!!  He's broken the internet already!!   :o

Seriously, you're doing great so far - get your digital spanners going an' fix it all up.   ;)


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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2012, 06:32:11 AM »
NO NO NO!  Don't take my new toys away!!!!!!!!!!!!! :icon_sueno:

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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2012, 06:46:13 AM »
teh internetz is broken???......nnnoooooooooooooo!!!!  :o


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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2012, 09:53:19 AM »
teh internetz is broken???......nnnoooooooooooooo!!!!  :o

Well, since the Internet Master, the Dear Leader, died, it was only a matter of time...
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2012, 03:06:03 PM »
Well if it is that painful, we could avoid doing the work... :D
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2012, 07:21:30 PM »
Well, if its that down a nice cup of chamomile tea and a block of chocolate should get it chipper in no time ;) And if that dont work a firm talking to and a shot o rum  :P
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2012, 02:36:51 AM »
Just a gently reminder folks.  This will be occurring in another day or so.

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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2012, 09:43:31 PM »
Are we back "up" or is this just a temporary respite  ???
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2012, 01:38:20 AM »
Err...sorry guys.  We haven't actually gone down yet.  Unfortunately, work has become super busy this week and once I have gotten home, I have been too fragged to think properly to do the IT stuff that is necessary.  Sorry.

I am doing some checking now on what exactly needs to be done - I wanted to be doubly sure so as to ensure all proceeds smoothly.

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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2012, 11:45:51 AM »
I'm hoping to have something worth posting by the time we are back  :-\
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2012, 06:06:38 PM »
Ok folks,

I am getting myself organised now.  We will slide the IT work for a week and will do it next week.  I will provide more details beforehand.


Sorry again for the stuff up.

Regards,

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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2012, 02:29:09 AM »
Ok, I am going to try this again later today/tonight...in about 16hrs....

That makes it around 2000 AEST (Brisbane)...or:

Berlin/Paris   11:00:00 24-Jan-2012
US/Eastern   05:00:00 24-Jan-2012
US/Pacific           02:00:00 24-Jan-2012
Zulu (London)   10:00:00 24-Jan-2012

Now synchronise your watches...

I will give warning to anyone online at the time.

Regards,

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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2012, 02:34:22 AM »
Got it thanks!  :)
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2012, 06:44:33 PM »
Everyone please logout now!

Come back in about 24hrs.
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2012, 04:45:43 AM »
Ok folks,

I did the changes last night (my time).  There may be a few tweaks in the coming day or so, so please be patient if there are any glitches ( that's what you get when an IT challenged person is put at the steering wheel ;)).

Hopefully these changes will reduce some of the problems we have been experiencing the last few weeks.

If anyone had any major problems please let us know.

Regards,

Greg
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2012, 07:36:36 AM »
Well done Greg! Just in signing in, I'm already noticing how much faster pages are loading!

BTW: I'm of the opinion that we're all IT challenged. Some of us know it, others live with their delusions  ;)

[Ed: Greg, just noticed one of those glitches pop up. Suddenly the attachments aren't showing and when you click on the 'paperclip' you just get "404 - Attachment Not Found".]
« Last Edit: January 25, 2012, 07:57:02 AM by apophenia »
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2012, 07:44:49 AM »
I agree that pages seem to be loading much faster.

I have noticed, however, that pictures uploaded as attachments seem to be offline.
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2012, 08:29:54 AM »
I have noticed, however, that pictures uploaded as attachments seem to be offline.

Yes it is. I just tried to upload and attachment and got the following:

An Error Has Occurred! The attachments upload directory is not writeable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2012, 09:42:50 AM »
I agree that there's most definitely a glitch.  All the work that Flitzer uploaded today is totally unavailable to me (I can read the messages but the art is just not there).

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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2012, 11:08:09 AM »
Hi Evan,
currently no one can see any of the attachments or uploaded avatars.
The server switch-over seems to have caused the path to the folder to become
invalid, we are looking for a solution.

Inter alia, this is a perfect example of why off-site hosting through Photobucket,
personal web-page etc., is preferable, as no matter what technical glitches hit the forum,
off-site files will always be unaffected.

Also the more hosted, uploaded attachments, the larger the forum server space becomes
which can create a higher maintenance workload and definitely increase the time required
for file backup and restoration in case of melt-down.

Now that said, we intend to always leave the attachment function available, however we
do encourage folks to explore off-site, personal folder hosting for their own peace of mind.
 
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2012, 12:49:31 PM »
Sorry folks.  I have been at work all day and not able to do anything re this - I only have a few minutes right now so won't be able to solve things just yet.  As I said above, please be patient as we work through these glitches.  At the end of the day a couple of hours or even a day without some attached images will be a minor 'blip' in the long run.  Be thankful - my real worry was that after doing the changes, the forum would vanish altogether! ;).

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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2012, 04:07:50 AM »
Folks,

I am sure some of you had a minor panic attack a little while ago when the forum first disappeared and then reappeared all odd looking before getting back to normal (well improved actually).  I can assure you that this is nothing compared to the Major Panic I was experiencing. :-[

We were doing some changes in the background (final bits of the previously mentioned changes) and things went off the rails a bit. :o

We're all back now and there is only one man to thank:

Jon (aka jcf).  Please join me in thanking him for his efforts! :)

Regards,

Greg
« Last Edit: January 26, 2012, 06:43:29 AM by GTX_Admin »
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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2012, 05:30:16 AM »
Well done Jon    :icon_beer:

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Re: Forum will be down for a period next week
« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2012, 06:45:49 AM »
Jon: Well done you!  :icon_alabanza:

And the uploaded images all popped back into place (I was braced for re-attachment marathon). Above and beyond!

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